U.S. Prosecutors in Trump's criminal case say they have recording of Trump and a witness

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CBS News

Prosecutors in former President Donald Trump's Manhattan criminal case have released to his attorneys a recording of Trump and a witness, whose identity was not disclosed, according to a document the office made public Friday.

The document, called an automatic discovery form, describes the nature of the charges against a defendant and a broad overview of the evidence that prosecutors will present at Trump's preliminary hearing or at trial. Trump's attorneys and media organizations, including CBS News, had repeatedly requested that such a form be made public in the weeks since Trump's arrest on April 4.

Trump is the first former president in American history to face criminal charges. He has entered a not guilty plea to 34 felony counts of falsification of business records for alleged payments made as part of a "hush money" scheme. The document lists the dates of 34 instances between Feb. 14, 2017 and Dec. 5, 2017 when he allegedly falsified records.

In a section devoted to electronic evidence that will be turned over, a prosecutor for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office indicated they have disclosed to the defense a "recording of a conversation between defendant and a witness."

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-criminal-case-prosecutors-recording-of-trump-and-a-witness/

[Botany]

1. So Bragg has a recording of TFG & somebody else ...

.... that might confirm one or more of the 34 felony charges that he was indicted for?

"A recording between the defendant and a witness."

As in a witness to Trump's crime?


FAFO

[iemanja]

2. Perhaps obstruction?

If he was trying to influence the witness's testimony. It's all speculation, of course.

[Botany]

4. Or maybe as in a witness to Trump's crime who is

ready to talk in exchange for something?

[BumRushDaShow]

6. It could be Cohen

who served (federal) time for similar crimes (among some other infractions he pleaded guilty to).

When Cohen was under investigation, they took everything he had "electronic" and had to appoint the "Special Master" to separate out "attorney-client" stuff from the rest.

FBI raids Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s office, seizes Stormy Daniels documents, bank records

By Eli Watkins
Updated 7:24 PM EDT, Mon April 9, 2018


Washington CNN — The FBI raided the office of Michael Cohen, a personal lawyer and confidant of President Donald Trump, Cohen’s attorney confirmed to CNN Monday. One source familiar with the matter told CNN that included in the documents authorities seized was information related to Stephanie Clifford, better known as porn actress Stormy Daniels, who alleges she had an affair with Trump in 2006 that the White House has denied.

A source familiar with the matter said the search warrant was very broad in terms of items sought, and another source said the search included bank records. Stephen Ryan, a lawyer for Cohen, said in a statement that the US Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York had executed “a series of search warrants” including at his office, and “seized the privileged communications” between Cohen and his clients.

Trump slammed the move Monday as a “disgraceful situation” and “an attack on our country.” A White House official said Trump had been watching TV reports, and that the President knew about the raid before the news broke.

The Monday raids included the Loew’s Regency hotel where Cohen has been staying, according to a source familiar with the matter. There were approximately a dozen FBI agents involved, the source said. Additionally, The Wall Street Journal reported the raid included Cohen’s home.

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/09/politics/michael-cohen-fbi/index.html

[live love laugh]

20. Trump's FBI raided Cohen and it's coming back to bite him?

[BumRushDaShow]

26. Back then

no one wanted to go through the prolonged and agony-inducing effort that you now see happening with 45. The edges were nibbled with taking down Weisselberg and Cohen in order to hopefully clear a path to 45.

[sobenji]

22. I think it's definitely Cohen

[BumRushDaShow]

24. From 5 years ago -

(this is for the other woman but there might be something regarding Stormy not released)

[zuul]

23. Yep, Cohen was my first thought too.

[BumRushDaShow]

25. Cohen's lawyer gave CNN a copy of one of the recordings back in 2018

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3079781

[Captain Zero]

3. Breaks laws while running his business during Presidency

This fucker should have been doing zero work for his business while he was president.

So on OUR TIME, OUR FUCKING CLOCK, as President, he was not only running his business... HE WAS BREAKING A BUNCH OF LAWS. with his business while he sat in the white house ON OUR TIME, or played golf ON OUR TIME.

Man if there's not a fucking campaign ad about this. Iff the Dems are too gutless to do it, we need to GOFUNDME and make our own.

[ancianita]

17. Excellent. If he decides to run while indictments and trials go down, hell yeah, run those ads!

Contact DNC Chair Jaime Harrison. Or the Lincoln Project and other groups who make campaign ads.

They'd love your ideas.

[SunSeeker]

5. Lordy, there's tapes!

[BumRushDaShow]

8. ....

(was waiting for someone to post that )

[dem4decades]

15. Well fuck you James Comey, this shit show lays at your feet.

[SunSeeker]

37. Yup. nt

[onetexan]

42. Conceited comey will be remembered with infamy for his shenanigans in contributing to Hillary's loss

And the taking of presidential power by deceit of a conman. History will not be kind to him.

[dem4decades]

52. I do like to see him grovel for forgiveness that will never come.

[fierywoman]

18. (heh-heh-heh ...)

[Obvious85]

7. Expel every member of Congress that has covered for this guy

Every single one

[erronis]

14. Ok. How to do this? Senate and House are different with different rules.

[Eyeball_Kid]

29. Vote. Vote them out. All of them. There's no justification for them being in office. n/t

[mjvpi]

30. You're correct, but I agree with them.

I live in Montana. Senator Daines and Representative Rosendale were both set to support the coup attempt with votes not to certify the results of the election.Daines lost his nerve after the insurrection failed, but I would guarantee that they were both read in on the plot. To date, no one has asked them, let alone under oath. Every member of Congress should have to go under oath and answer whether or not they had any advance knowledge of the fake electors plot and the January 6th insurrection.

Again, I don’t know of any way to actually do it, but it should be done.

[Justice matters.]

40. I agree but to do that, Prosecutors should know the answers in advance

before dragging them in front of a Grand Jury.

Prosecutors rarely ask questions they don't know the thrutful answers to before they ask them, and for that, they must have access to damning pieces of evidence first.

[Wonder Why]

9. Hertz wrongly reported legitimate car renters as having stolen their cars.

Same lowlife, sleazeball company.

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/06/1140998674/hertz-false-accusation-stealing-cars-settlement]

[BumRushDaShow]

11. That was my other OP

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143079672

[KS Toronado]

10. Didn't Michael Cohen

have a habit of recording conversations to cover his behind?

[BumRushDaShow]

12. That's what I posted upthread

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=edit&forum=1014&thread=3079724&pid=3079739

The feds had all of his "electronics" (laptops, phones, etc) from the "earlier version" of this case filed in federal court for federal charges and I recall Cohen mentioned this during some of his recent appearances on MSNBC in relation to the NY state case.

[KS Toronado]

13. Seen that when the page refreshed with my reply

[erronis]

31. I'm thinking that recording all calls should be the new normal.

Friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, sales calls, political calls.

I admit this is overmuch but I'd love to have some of my past interactions with "others" recorded for a "he said, she said" record.

I'm also guessing that in these days of video recording much of our lives, this will become standard. Perhaps it will be required by law: "Why wasn't your government-issued recorder functioning when you ran the stop light?"

[Historic NY]

16. Trumps going to have a miserable holiday...

trying to work this out.

[ancianita]

19. Great. Hope Trump gets so slammed by year's end that he strokes out.

[erronis]

32. Again, please - no stroke. Just handcuffs and orange suit.

No justice if the bag-o-wind just goes puff. We want pain and punishment!

[ancianita]

33. I hear you. Still I'll take whatever I can get. And government will still have its lessons learned.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

44. Go, Hamberders go!

Make those cholesterols get to work!

[CaptainTruth]

21. I'm SOOO looking forward to indictments.

Tick, tock, tick, tock...

[Evolve Dammit]

27. This case won't be tried until 2024, right?

[BumRushDaShow]

28. March 25, 2024

https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-sets-2024-date-trumps-criminal-trial-stormy/story?id=99546544

BUT... Tish James' huge civil fraud trial starts October 2, 2023 (come hell or high water, to analogize/paraphrase the judge).

[Evolve Dammit]

45. And the GA case is more "imminent"; sometime this summer? I need a program!

[BumRushDaShow]

46. The "imminent" for GA is just for the indictments

The trial might be 6 months to a year later!

[Evolve Dammit]

47. I can just hear the screaming: "It's all a political hit job during the election..."

[BumRushDaShow]

49. Oh there will be lots of screaming and lots of

(semi-automatic style against the wall )

[Evolve Dammit]

53. I want one!

[BumRushDaShow]

54. You have to have a special wall

with the burgers and buns attached open-face, so that the condiments can precisely target them, and then flip them all closed and be ready to eat!

[Evolve Dammit]

55. slick!

[BumRushDaShow]

56. Just hope that your wall

isn't too "slick".

[Evolve Dammit]

57. yick!

[sarcasmo]

35. Individual 1's day must be filled with lawsuit updates.

[sprinkleeninow]

36. Depends...

[Kaleva]

38. LoL

[Evolve Dammit]

48. and the lunch specials...

[Vinca]

39. Didn't Cohen mention something once about recording a phone call? Bet that's it.

[ProfessorPlum]

41. whatever. Trump is clearly above every law, for whatever reason.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

50. You know about this because he's indicted

Which wouldn't have happened if he were above the law, as you dishonestly claim.

He's going on trial for that same crime--which wouldn't happen if he were above the law, as you dishonestly claim.

Other jurisdictions are also investigating him, and name any of them that are backing off. That wouldn't be happening if he were above the law, as you dishonestly claim.

Maybe try some reality for a change.

[ProfessorPlum]

51. and yet, he walks free

[DallasNE]

43. Is The Witness Michael Cohen? n/t